BIRDS OF NOETH AND MIDDLE AMERICA. 691 



'etc.) and northwestward at least to San Luis Obispo County (Paso 

 Robles).« 



Chamsea fasciata (not of Gambel) Heermann, Journ. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., ii, 1853, 

 264, part, at least. — Cassin, lUustr. Birds Cal., Tex., etc., 1853, 39, part. — 

 Xantus, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1859, 191 (Fort Tejon).— Baird, Review 

 Am. Birds, 1864, 76, part (Fort Tejon; San Diego). — Cooper, Am. Nat, iii, 

 1869, 185, in text (Cajon Pass); Orn. Cal., 1870, 39, part (San Diego and 

 foothills of Sierra Nevada). — Baird, Brewer, and Ridgway, Hist. N. Am. 

 Birds, i, 1874, 84, part.— Nelson, Proc. Host. Soc. N. Ii., xviii, 1875, 356 

 (Nevada, California).— Bblding, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., i, 1879, 402, part 

 (Calaveras Co. ; Marysville; song). — Evekmann, Auk, iii, 1886, 186 (Ventura 

 Co.).— Emerson, Bull. 7, Calif. Ac. Sci., 1887, 431 (Poway Valley, San Diego 

 Co.). — Osgood, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., xiii, 1899, 41, part (crit.). — Fisher 

 (W. K.), Condor, ii, 1900, 138 (Mount St. Helena, Napa Co.; crit.).— Bailey 

 (Florence M.), Handb. Birds W. U. S., 1902, 459, part. 



Chamsea fasciata fasciata Grinnell (J.), Pacific Coast Avifauna, no. 3, June 25, 

 1902, 71, part. 



Chamoea fasciata Henshaw, Orn. Rep. Wheeler's Surv., 1876, 228 (Tejon Mts. 

 and Walkers Basin, Kern Co.). 



Chamsea fasciata henshawi Ridgway,_ Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., v, June 5, 1882, 13 

 (Walkers Basin, Kern Co., s. California; coll. U. S. Nat. Mus.); Bull. Nutt. 

 Orn. Club, vii, 1882, 257. — Reichenow and Schalow, Journ. fiir Orn., 1884, 

 420 (reprint of orig. descr.). — American Ornithologists' Union, Check List, 

 1886, no. 742a.— Townsend (C. H.), Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., x, 1887, 229 

 (lower McCloud R. and Baird, Sbasta Co.).— Anthony, Zoe, iv, 1893, 246 

 (San Pedro Martir Mts., Lower California). — Fisher (A. K.), North Am. 

 Fauna, no. 7, 1893, 140 (Kern ville; San Bernardino; WalkersBasin; Kaweah 

 R. bet. San Simeon and Carpentaria; Santa Paula; San Diego Co. ). — Merriam 

 (F. A.), Auk, xiii, 1896, 122 (Twin 0aks,_ San Diego Co.; habits; song).— 

 Grinnell, pub. 2, Pasadena Ac. Sci., 1898, 50 (Los Angeles Co., resident). 



[Chamsea fasdala.'] Var. henshawi Ridgway, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., v, 1882, 14 

 (diagnosis and synonymy). 



C\ham!ea'] f[asciata^ henshawi Coues, Key N. Am. Birds, 2d ed., 1884, 262. 



C\hamxa'\ fasciata henshawi Ridgway, Man. N. Am. Birds, 1887, 566. 



Chamsea f[asciata1 henshawi Carpenter, Condor, iv, 1902, 95 (Santa Barbara; 

 nesting in tree) . 



Family SYLVIID^. 



THE WARBLERS. 



Very small to large (wing 48-98 mm.) "ten-primaried,"dentirostral, 

 acutiplantar Oscines with nostrils longitudinal and operculated (usually 

 exposed) and with the young not spotted. 



The above very unsatisfactory diagnosis is the best I am able to 

 devise for the group known as Sylviidse. The group is an exceedingly 



a Specimens are wanting in the material examined from the group of counties 

 between San Luis Obispo and Santa Cruz. 



